Example sentences of "[v-ing] on [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secure the long bullrush leaves around the pond , sticking on with a little fondant . |
| 2 | Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards . |
| 3 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 4 | Striker John Borthwick wasted his side 's best opportunity of the half , latching on to a loose ball on the edge of the Stoke penalty area and making space for himself , only to fire lamely at keeper Ronnie Sinclair . |
| 5 | But while County are tipped to go up this time , Francis could be stepping on to a bigger stage before next spring . |
| 6 | I confess I can not really see worm watching catching on as a mass pursuit with worm watcher clubs and organised field visits , but I did hear of an infants ' school where the worm has joined the tadpole as a creature for study . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ Delaney finally said , hanging on to a handle to steady himself , ‘ only what were they working on ? |
| 8 | The revenue obtained a huge sum of money which they had no right to demand and they are now hanging on to a very large amount of interest which they have no moral right to retain . |
| 9 | It was like hanging on to a wriggly eel . |
| 10 | THERE was much early enthusiasm from both sides in this senior friendly at Hamilton Park with visitors Portadown just hanging on for a narrow victory . |
| 11 | But the Labour Government which had intended the Festival as a celebration of welfare-minded , egalitarian , planner 's Britain — a Britain where identity cards were still not abolished — was , by the time it opened , hanging on by a slender majority of six and , by the time it ended , on the point of being ejected . |
| 12 | The Western was in its dying throes , but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 kept it hanging on by a thread . |
| 13 | It 's hanging on by a thread |
| 14 | he told them he 'd stopped in the fast lane instead of moving to the hard shoulder because he did n't want to ruin his tyre by driving on after a puncture . |
| 15 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 16 | ‘ It was never like this in the Store ! ’ said Nisodemus , climbing on to a half-brick . |
| 17 | For instance , judo flyweight Karen Briggs grappling on with a dislocated shoulder shoved back in its socket . |
| 18 | Clytemnestra agreed vociferously , leaping on to a stool and screeching hysterically at sight of her lead . |
| 19 | At bottom then there was some democratic basis for the Unionist case , for the government was pressing on with a reform that they knew was not backed by the electorate . |
| 20 | As the right hon. and learned Member for Surrey , East ( Sir G. Howe ) advised everyone in the Financial Times last week , ’ There is nothing to prevent a group of countries pressing on with a separate Treaty The fact is that we can not , even if we wished , stop the others going ahead . ’ |
| 21 | Only the Russians and some German Social Democrats keep banging on about a neutral Germany . |
| 22 | Cut the rich fruit cake in half diagonally and place one half on top of the other to form a triangle , sandwiching on with a little apricot glaze . |
| 23 | Hours on , a patch of green deep in a valley : and the valley opening on to a maze of broken fields . |
| 24 | It is n't large , like his château in Brittany , rather it is a charming summer pavilion , with French windows opening on to a terrace all along the façade of the house . |
| 25 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton used as his studio and bedroom an airy ground-floor room with french windows opening on to a balcony that overlooked the large garden . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes — bedroom , bathroom , a door opening on to a section of enclosed veranda , and an open veranda beyond that , looking down on to a rather beautiful tropical garden . |
| 27 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |
| 28 | The restaurant that had been chosen to introduce both the radio station 's new programme manager and image to the media was splendidly stylish , opening on to a lantern-illuminated balcony all the way down one side , décor and menu strictly Chinese . |
| 29 | Ca' del Leone was built in a rectangle , its long inner windows and doors opening on to a grand terrace surrounding the courtyard . |
| 30 | Artist Janet Margrave has created a window opening on to a scene of flowers , ivy-clad trellis , a rush fringed pool and trees . |